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Upper part finished

ByKoen van Velzen 06-06-201007-02-2026

The home stretch of the work on the large lingam and panipitha has arrived. By and large, all the shaping has been done now, but the rings on top of have yet to get their roundness and everything has to be thoroughly polished, from grain 50 to 10.000 in eight steps. That means sanding the same pieces eight times, of which a large part by hand. Oh well, that's just the way it is.

upper part 55
shaping the continuous edge on top
  • outside of the edge is ready, inside and ring around the hole of the lingam have yet to be done
  • top polished 1
  • top polished 2
  • top polished 3

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